law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
proficiency; mastery; becoming proficient (in)
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
successive generations; successive emperors
to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock
counter for doses of medicine, etc.
tea-ceremony arbor; tea-ceremony arbour
bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.); clear; fine; beautiful; glorious; splendid
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
interval; break; rift (in clouds)
hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
narrow; thin (sized); slender
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you